[KaosTheory]

As I finish my 4th quarter at Cal Poly, I have come to accept that it is my last. I am not happy in the direction I am going with my life at Cal Poly. I often find myself frustrated or bordering on depression. I don't want to start over, and I don't want to continue on the path I am currently on. I plan on moving back east, and finding a job in the drafting field, instead of Industrial Engineering, which I came to Cal Poly to persue last September.

I write this because I want to thank everybody, because even though I have not had a great experience at Cal Poly, it has been better because I knew I could come here (but didn't do often) and just throw around ideas with people, or put my opinion out there about various things at school, or whatever.

Because of work, I was never able to get into the on-campus activities I wished I could, nor could I do many things school related. I won't miss the 30 mile drive, each way, every day. I won't miss classes where I really had no business even being in them because I knew I couldn't pass them, no matter how hard I tried (which led to textbooks almost meeting their maker on an almost daily occurance). I won't miss the hours of homework, the exams, the quizzes, and the class schedule that was either too tightly pack or too stretched out.

I will, however, miss the people. I will miss the professors who did care, and tried to help their students. I will miss the students I have worked with in various classes, and how we helped each other on assignments, and how it made learning some stuff easier. I will miss the ducks, the scenery, and the quiet areas I could find to sleep when I had my long breaks.

They say college isn't for everybody, even if you're capable. I am capable, but I am also one of those people it isn't really for. So I choose to get out now and persue my dreams, even if it means making less money, and not having the biggest house or best car, because life is more than that, and that is what I am following.

Mike, a.k.a. KaosTheory